The lowest prevalence of smoking among the regions of the Russian Federation was recorded in Chechnya: this bad habit is inherent in only 0.25 of the population. Next come Ingushetia (6.1%), Kabardino-Balkaria (10.3%), Karachay-Cherkessia (11.1%). These are the data of the Central Research Institute for the Organization and Informatization of Healthcare (TsNIIOIZ) of the Ministry of Health.

Deputy head of the Stavropol administration, former participant of the SVO Zaur Gurtsiev died as a result of a grenade explosion. The version of a terrorist attack is being considered.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Dagestani Shamil Aliyev to 14 years in a maximum security penal colony. The investigation claimed that he participated in ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) and tried to recruit others to it.

Every year on May 28, Azerbaijan officially celebrates the Republic Day. Since October 15, 2021, this date is called "Independence Day".

A native of Chechnya, Abu-Bakar-Siddik Agayev, was the first to knock the knife out of the hands of a woman who attacked visitors to the main train station of Hamburg in Germany. Before that, she managed to injure 18 people.

A 21-year-old local resident of Volgograd was accused of publicly justifying terrorism. He is suspected of leaving a comment on social networks in support of natives of Ingushetia killed during the counter-terrorism operation in 2024.

In the Moscow region, a criminal case has been transferred to court on the attempted murder of the former deputy chairman of the government of Ingushetia and the State Council of Chechnya, Sherip Alikhadzhiev. Later, he was an assistant to the State Duma deputy, General Vladimir Shamanov. The defendants are the perpetrator and his accomplice.

Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan became the leaders in the lowest alcohol consumption in March. Such data are provided by the Russian Ministry of Health.

During the operational and investigative activities of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, four citizens of the country were detained abroad. They are suspected of participating in a terrorist group.

Nine residents of the Stavropol Territory were detained on suspicion of preparing an attack on police officers during the Victory Parade. Eight of them are underage. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The names of the suspects are not indicated. There is also no information about their position and comments from relatives.